“Arkansas governor to appoint temporary Supreme Court justice to fill in for Webb”: Antoinette Grajeda of Arkansas Advocate has this report.

“What’s going on at NH’s Supreme Court?” Julia Barnett and Todd Bookman of New Hampshire Public Radio have a report that begins, “Two justices from the New Hampshire Supreme Court — one now retired, the other the current chief justice — are making headlines: Not for their rulings, but for their actions off the bench.”

“The little-noticed Supreme Court case that could impact where people pray”: John Fritze of CNN has this report.

“Korean spa seeks high court’s help after male demands to enter female-only communal space; Attorneys with PJI, ADF ask US Supreme Court to take case of Olympus Spa in Washington state”: Alliance Defending Freedom issued this news release today.

You can access the petition for writ of certiorari at this link.

“Sometimes, These F*ckers Lose”: You can access the new episode of the “Strict Scrutiny” podcast via this link and on YouTube.

“‘We’ve never seen anything like this’: ICE’s detention crackdown swamps the courts; Families, lawyers and judges describe a year of frantic emergency cases after ICE began detaining people who have lived in the U.S. for years.” Kyle Cheney of Politico has this report.

“A crime reporter was picked for jury duty and left with more than he expected; The trial in a D.C. courtroom brought together jurors from across the city for five days”: Juan Benn Jr. of The Washington Post has this report.

“A Tale of Two Chiefs: Two recent decisions show Chief Justice Roberts’s institutionalism can sometimes be more like illusionism.” Josh Blackman has this post at the “Law & Liberty” blog.

“243. Birthright Citizenship, Redux: President Trump’s new attempt to cabin birthright citizenship is a lot narrower than the one the Supreme Court struck down in June; Its key provisions are still unconstitutional.” Steve Vladeck has this post at his “One First” Substack site.

“The Delusions of John Roberts: The Chief Justice insists that his Supreme Court isn’t biased even as it keeps making dramatic leaps rightward.” Margaret Talbot has this Profiles article in the August 17, 2026 issue of The New Yorker.